Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16764, George Dixon, Continental Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Va.
Dixon George.
S. 16764
CONTENTS
carded

Dead Order to pay 11 th June 1840
Ex
19369 Indiana
George Dixon of Warren Co in the State of Ind a who was a pr t in the co m commanded by Captain Armstrong of the reg t commanded by Col l Brown in the N. A. line for 2 years & continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Ind a at the rate of 80 Dollars & Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Aug t 1833 and John B King Baltimore Warrenton
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1831 168.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 40.00 208.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 109

On this 12 th day of February 1833  Warren personally appeared in open Court, the said Court being a Court of Probate in and for said County George Dixon resident in said County aged Seventy five on the 17 th day of February 1833 who being first duly sworn according to law doth oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated That he entered the said Service in the month of September A.D. 1777 A Volunteer of the County of Greenbrier in the State of Virginia, in the Company Commanded by Captain James Armstrong. Started from the said County of Greenbrier on the Newharney to Point Pleasant on the Ohio River Captain Arbuckle Commanded said Garrison at Point Pleasant. he was a regular officer of the United States Army. At this said declarant halted at said Garrison until the troops Commanded General Hahn would arrive this said declarant was to join General Hahn to go against the Indians on the Scioto now in the state of Ohio While he this said declarant lay at Point Pleasant, of note Robert Gilmore a private in the Company that this said declarant belonged to was killed by the Indians The said Gilmore crossed the River Newharney for the purpose of hunting and was fired upon and killed by the Indians The Circumstance of Gilmore being killed exasperated and enraged the Militia to such a height, that they fired upon and killed four friendly Indians that had been several days in the fort. One who was King Cornstalf a Shaw- nee Indian in despite of the Commandant officer of the Garrison
George Dixon 23050

General Hann deeming the above named expedition inadvisable abandoned the expedition when the said Genl. Hann discharged his troops in the month of November in the year nineteen hundred seventy seven when this said declarant after being Honorably discharged returned home
On a second time this said declarant was drafted from the district of said County of Greenbrier in Virginia to go to Kentucky, and there join General Clark on a expedition to the Scioto river in the state of Ohio. Drafted as aforesaid in the month of February nineteen hundred seventy eight, and marched in the month of March of the same year to Fort Cheswell in Virginia in the Company commanded by Captain John Henderson under the command of Major Hamilton stationed at Fort Cheswell aforesaid waiting for the militia troops from the County of Bedford to arrive waited till they grew impatient of waiting; they determined on sending an express to Kentucky when this declarant and six others of his company was detailed by said officers to carry said express the undertaking and of which was considered to be very hazardous we arrived safe at Logan Station on Dick's river in Kentucky and delivered said express as directed to Colonel Logan of Kentucky. Staid at said station about three weeks when the troops that this said declarant belonged to arrived from Fort Cheswell in Virginia for the purpose of joining Genl. Clark. But Genl. Clark having returned to Kentucky after an expedition to the Scioto in which the troops that this declarant belonged was to have participated in. But arrived too late for to join Genl. Clark aforesaid in said expedition was disbanded by Major Hamilton who were then Commandant in the month of June 1778 and returned home to Virginia

On the first of May Seventeen hundred Seventy nine engaged in the Company commanded by Captain Graham under the command of Colonel Brown of Greenbrier County Virginia a spy to spy out and reconnoitre the inroads and incursions of the Indians on the Kenhaway, and the Country thereabout, Since from the 1st of May Seventeen hundred Seventy nine to the first of November Seventeen hundred Eighty one at the rate of five Shillings per day in Continental Money were bound to find myself ammunition and other equipage together with necessary provisions And that he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to Pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. George Dixon Sworn Subscribed this day and Year aforesaid
State of Indiana Warren County We Samuel H Garrison and George Mognet residing in said County of Warren and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Dixon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy five Years of age. That he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution in the neighborhood where he resides and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed this 19th day of November 1830.
Sam H Garrison George Mognet

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter (and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a victim of the revolution and lived as he states
And that the said Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel H. Garrison (and George H. Pognell who has signed the preceding certificate) is residents in said County of Warren (and that they are credible persons. And that their statements is entitled to credit
William Milmeth Probate Judge
State of Indiana Warren County
I James Cunningham Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of George Dixon for a pension for services rendered the United States during the war of the revolution
James M. P.C.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. And seal of office this 12th day of November A.D. 1832
J. Cunningham } Clerk of the Probate Court of Warren County

No 23050 George Dixon Indiana
From 1777 prints 2 yrs #80
John F. Kirin Baltimore & Petersburg Warren Co Franklin County Indiana

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 14 1835
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of George Dixon Warren Co Ind
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Sep 1 st 77 Vol 1 Discharged Nov 17 77 Priv Capt Armstrong Arbuckle Gen Ham Gen Clark Skirmish with Indians Va Ohio Aged 76 Traditionary   Drafted 1778 Feb. Disbanded June 1778 Henderson Col May Hamilton Va   1779 May 1 st Served till Nov 1780 Spy Graham Col Brown  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;), the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] The declarant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. 31. 2. 3.
Pier Castor Exam Clerk

State of Indiana } on this 7 th day of June (AD) 1833. Warren County } Personally came before the me James Bransford, one of the associate judges of the circuit court in and for said County George Dixon aged, Seventy Seven on the 27 day of February next, Who being first duly sworn, according to law, Oath on his oath, Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th (AD) 1832 That he volunteered in the service of the United States, In the Month of September 1777 In the County of Green- brier, and State Virginia for the term of three months in the Company commanded by Capt. James Armstrong by author- ity of the Colony of Virginia. Marched from the County aforesaid down the Kanawha, to Point Pleasant in Virginia, Capt. Arbuckle commanded the Garrison after he was a regular officer the troops that this declarant belonged was stationed at the Garrison aforesaid, until Genl. Hawn would arrive when this declarant was to join on an expedition against the Indians on the Scioto. Whilst this said Declarant was stationed as after Robert Gilmore a private in the Company that this De- clarant belonged crossed the river Kanawha to help and was fired upon & killed by the Indians. The circumstances of the more being killed: exasperated the militia to such a height that they fired upon and killed four friendly Indians who had been in the fort for several days previous. In despite of the officers, Genl. Hawn had arrived & declined the expedition against the Indians to the Scioto. Discharged his troops, & this declarant returned home to Green- brier City aforesaid was a private believe he served three months Months in said town, On a second tour were dropped from the Company after to Kentucky to join Genl. Clark on an expedition to the Scioto against the Indians, Drafted for the term of six Months, Some time in the Month of February 1778 And March on to Fort Chaste now in the County of Wythe Virginia in the Com- pany commanded by Capt. John Henderson, under the command of Major Hamilton, was sent with an expedition to Kentucky, this declarant & his others of

his arrival which said expedition was ordered by him and at that time, delivered the express as they were directed to Col. Logan at Logan Station on Dickson's Kentucky waited till the troops arrived from Fort Chiswell for the purpose of joining Genl. Clark. But the said troops arrived too late for Genl. Clark. Genl. Clark had returned to Kentucky when He discharged his troops in the month of or July 1778 and we returned home to Virginia some time in July this deponent well recollects that it was after harvest the wheat was yet standing in the shocks in the harvest fields; he was a a private. On the first of May 1779 was Engaged as a spy call out by Col. Brown of Greenbrier County Virginia to protect the frontier from the incursions of the Indians engaged for three years under the command of Capt. Grimes or Graham of Sara County served from the first of May also till the first of Nov r 1781 at the five shillings per day in Continental money was to be in readiness from the first of May till the first of October in each year
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or city. And that he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows no person whose testimony he could procure that can testify to his services
Sworn & Subscribed the eighth Year A.D. before me James Coram Wood Advocate Ju.

State of Indiana } Personally Appeared before me the under Warren County } signed justice of the peace of the County aforesaid George Dixon, Who being duly sworn, Deposed & Vouched that they was no of Old Age, & the Consequent loss of Memory He Can not bear testimony as to the precise time of his service but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below And in the following grades
A Statement Showing the Services of George Dixon
The Period when the service was rendered
   The Period when the service was rendered Duration of the Claimant's Service Rank of the Claimant Name of Regiment or Company in which he served Name of Regiment or Company of which he was a part Battles in which the Claimant was engaged Country where the service was rendered Place of service where the service was rendered Duration in days of service   Years Months Days     Sept 5 1777 0 3 0 private Col. Armstrong Brigade Quib Hauco Chemung Corte Indiana Va Kanawha & Ohio Rds 97 mths 17 Dec 84 The evidence of Capt H. Garrison & Richard Duke who knew me in my neighbor- hood in Ohio & Warren County Indiana where I now reside that which transmitted   Dec 1778 0 6 0 private Col. Clark Major Quib Clark Major Virginia   May 1779 1 2 0 private Graham Col Quib Graham Col Greubner near Kanawha way river Virginia  
And for such Services the Claimant is PENSIONED And further this deponent saith not. Given & Subscribed to this 7th day of June 1833 before me Geo Dixon John B. King Justice.
Det; at Where in what Year were You Born Ans. In the Year 1754 Born In Augusta County Virginia. Det 2nd Have You any record of your Age. Ans. None. Where were You living when Called into Service, Where have You lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now live? Answers to the above questions. I was Called into Service in Green- -ber Co. Virginia and in said County have since, a part of of the time in Monroe County Virginia Moved from thence to Gallia County Ohio from thence to Warren County Indiana Where I now live

Question 4 th How were you called into service on the first tour volunteered for three months on the D tour drafted for six months. On the third engaged as a spy for three years. Question 5 th State the names of of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you lived. Capt. Aron ekle. No Continental regiments with whom I was acquainted. I never received a written discharge.
Question 7 th State the names of persons in the your neighbourhood to whom you are known who can testify to your character character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution Answer: Samuel B. Garrison and Richard Shute
State of Indiana } James Crawford, one of the Warren County } Associate Judges of the Warren Circuit Court do hereby certify my opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and af- ter the investigation of the matter that it is my opin- -ion that the said George Dixon was a soldier of the revolution and served as stated herein. Also that the said George Dixon is from bodily infirmity unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge. James Crawford, W. B. L. C. June 7 th 1833
State of Indiana } Warren County } James Cunningham Clerk of the Warren County Circuit Court do hereby certify that James Crawford whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate and the foregoing investigation of an application for a pension appears to have been then had was at the time thereof & is still an associate Judge of the circuit of said County in by Commission & Oath and that John B. Kings whose signature appears to be subscribed to the within affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and that their signatures are genuine. Given under my hand & seal of office at Williamsport this 7 th day of June 1833 James Cunningham Clerk

State of Indiana } Personally appeared Warren County } Before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Richard Shute and Samuel Garrison who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith. The Richard Shute saith upon his oath that about five years ago as he verily believes, this deponent was at the house of George Dixon the person who now at this time is present & is an applicant for a for pension from the United States for services rendered the United States during the war of the revolution who then resided in the State of Ohio in Gallia County and in a conversation with Mr George Dixon aforesaid heard him relate, that he the said Dixon had been a soldier of the revolution. Heard him the said Richard Dixon relate that in the time of the revolution any war he was sent through a certain wilderness with an express. And further this deponent states that in the State of Ohio Gallia County he resided in the neighbourhood of George Dixon aforesaid and formed an acquaintance with said Dixon never heard any doubts expressed But what he was a soldier of the Revolution was always reputed and believed to be a soldier of the revolution and was reputed and believed to be a man of unquestionable veracity and further this deponent saith that he was  was acquainted with a Mr Henry McDaniel & John Ray both of Monroe County Virginia and heard them relate that they had been acquainted with the said George Dixon aforesaid for several years past in Virginia - And they had allways understood that George Dixon aforesaid was a soldier of the revolution. and that where they lived in Virginia and was acquainted with the said George Dixon

That he was esteemed and believed to be a man of unquestionable truth and veracity as much as any man and that he this deponent have heard it related on all occasions when the name of George Dixon was mentioned and the subject of conversation turned on the revolutionary war and that he the said Dixon was reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to be a soldier of the revolution
And the above named Samuel Garrison
Such upon his oath administered as aforesaid That he has been acquainted with George Dixon of late years by character and personally for the term of sixteen years that he has always from his first acquaintance with the said George Dixon heard him reputed and believed in his neighbourhood to be a soldier of the revolutionary war He has heard him long since relate the circumstances of King Cornstalk being killed at Point Pleasant in Virginia and his confidence to Kentucky with an express He heard him the said Dixon relate whilst engaged as a spy in that woman By the name of Butler killed in Virginia and other circumstances in relation to his services as a spy heard him the said Dixon relate that he was urged by Col. Graham of Greenbrier to watch his family till he could return from court and that he the said Dixon did watch accordingly and that said Dixon discovered there were dangers from Indians and warned the family of Col. Graham who did heed his the said Dixon's warning the evening previous to their being killed they the family aforesaid refused to go to the fort that was close by and was murdered by the Indians the next morning & further these deponents saith not Richard Shute
Sam. H. Garrison
Sworn & subscribed this 31 st day of May AD 1833 -
John B. Kings Speaker

State of Indiana } Warren County ss }
I John B King a justice of the peace in & for said County do hereby Certify that Richard Shute & Saml W Garrison is credible persons
June 7 th 1833 - -
John B King Justice
State of Indiana Warren County Set I James Cunningham Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County do Certify That John B King Esq whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the 7 th day of June at which time the above certificate appears to have been made and now is an acting Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn into office and acting under the authority of the State and that full faith and credence are due to his official acts as such and further that I am acquaint- -ted with his hand writing and believe the above certificate is Genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Will- iamport this 7 th day of June A.D. 1833 James Cunningham Clerk

I see papers of Geo: Dixon a pensioner under act of 1822 living in Warren Co Indiana -
Summitville Madison County Indiana
Dear Sir I here with send you a short sketch of the Evidence that Peter Dixion aged 83 Unice Davis aged 82 Jesse Dixion aged 57 Henry Dixion aged 54 and Ollive Stover (Sons and daughters of and heirs of George Dixion who was born in in the year 1745-5) can give concerning their father  and  mother  father who entered  entered the army of the United Colonies in the year 1776 or about that time in the Eastern part of Virginia served as a private until the close of the Revolution and was honorably discharged at the close of said War in Green Brier County Virginia and died in Warren County Indiana and on the 27th day of February 1840 and left no widow his wife having died on the 27th day of March 1824 They can prove by Samuel H. Garrison a reputable and disinterested witness of this County that he drew a pension for several years before he died that the Certificate is lost and they know of no one that they can prove that he was in actual service if you can procure a warrant on such testimony Jesse Dixion Unice Davis and Ollive Stover wants you to send on a form for a Declaration suitable to said case and as there are several persons in this neighborhood that are entitled to land warrants under the act of last September I would like for you to send me a pamphlet

Containing your forms and explanations and I will trow what business I can into your hands Direct to me Summitville Madison County Indiana January 6 th 1857. Aaron H. Williams
Thomas Ewing Jr.
Geo. D. Dugan 32
Ex by Ewing Jr.

Baltimore June 11 th 1833.
Sir
I here with return the papers in the case of George Dixon's application for a pension. You will perceive, from the examination of the original Declaration, that Saml. H. Garrison and George Mognett, whose certificate was taken after being duly sworn before the Probate Court of Warren County Indiana, certifies that they believe George Dixon to be seventy five Years of age; both of whom are credible persons, residing in said County. The reason why
Dixon did not comply with that part of the regulations prescribed by the War department that there no Clergyman residing in his neighbourhood he the said Dixon were living in a remote part of the County. Thinly inhabited, and had no acquaintance with any Clergyman that could give such a certificate.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Respectfully Yr. Ob. Just John B. King
P.S. direct Yr. communication in answer to Dixon's claims
To Baltimore Warren Co Indiana

Inda June 27. Aitd
City of Washington Bureau Office Poststation Class

16 764 INVALID.
File No. 16764
George Dixon
Pris Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. / , Page 97
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dixon, George GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11141 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 16, 1797 to James D. Baufre, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.